A genome-wide study replicates linkage of 3p22-24 to extreme longevity in humans and identifies possible additional loci

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kerber, Richard A ^a,b   O'Brien, Elizabeth ^b   Boucher, Kenneth M ^a,b   Smith, Ken R ^b,c   Cawthon, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; CHROMOSOME 3; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; UTAH;

EID: 84859569442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034746     Document Type: Article

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